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TEQUESTA, Fla., June 18 -- Advanced Ground Information Systems (AGIS) has introduced a breakthrough mobile-communication Location Based Services (LBS) software package that lets cell phone/PDA and PC users locate, track, talk, and exchange text and photos -- simultaneously -- between team members.
AGIS, a Blue Force Command and Control system, performs all functions in a single application, without exiting or minimizing, and works with either manual or automatic GPS input.
Free 90-day trial versions of AGIS software may be downloaded at www.agisinc.com. While any US citizen can download it, AGIS is available for use only in the US and is subject to US Export Controls.
"Here's the phone Agent Jack Bauer wishes he had," says AGIS chairman Cap Beyer.
"An industry first, AGIS software is a novel marriage of off-the-shelf PCs and GPS PDA/cell phones," says Mr. Beyer. "It provides rapid voice and data communications between network participants using AGIS's patented situational awareness and Touch2Communicate(1) software which minimizes text entry," Mr. Beyer says.
AGIS allows each user to easily join in a network. Voice calling and conferencing, transmission of text, photographs and video clips are done either by touching symbols representing other users on a map, or by creating one or more subnets enabling one-touch calling to multiple users.
While AGIS was designed for military and first-responder use, its flexibility may also make it useful for business and even Social Networking, says Mr. Beyer.
AGIS lets you push text, photographs and video directly to other network participants -- even between different cell phone companies. To ensure confidentiality, subnets can be linked and tracked separately, channeling data to specific users and not to others.
Because AGIS systems run on standard Microsoft compatible PCs and Pocket PC cell phones, equipment costs are eliminated or minimized.
AGIS can also be configured to utilize WiFi Mesh Networks or a combination of cellular, Mesh and land line.
Maps are automatically downloaded from the AGIS server, when the user activates the AGIS software and turns on the GPS; they are updated as the user travels.
For free 90-day evaluation software download, or to read more about AGIS collaborative communication systems, please see www.agisinc.com.
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